Sierra Jensen Collection, Volume 3 by Robin Jones Gunn

Author:Robin Jones Gunn [Gunn, Robin Jones]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-56240-1
Publisher: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
Published: 2011-08-16T16:00:00+00:00

thirteen

BY THE END OF SCHOOL on Wednesday, Randy still hadn’t heard the verdict regarding his hair from what Tyler was now calling the “PTB,” or the “Powers That Be.” Everyone at school seemed to know about it, and Sierra had noticed a group of students quizzing Randy at his locker before lunch. Randy didn’t make it into the cafeteria, and Sierra wondered if he’d had a chance to eat at all.

After school she joined a dozen or so students who had gathered around Randy in the parking lot at the back of his truck.

“I think you should write them another letter,” one of the girls said. “Tell them we all feel the same way. They shouldn’t put such strong restrictions on us.”

“Don’t they trust us?” another girl said.

“We need a petition,” one of the guys said.

A few more students gathered, and suddenly everyone seemed to be voicing opinions at once. Sierra was amazed at how calmly Randy was taking all this. He kept mentioning quietly that the PTB had until Thursday and this was only Wednesday. There was no need for radical action.

“Wait until tomorrow,” he said. His steady voice carried over the ripples of murmurings from the students who seemed eager for a fight. “You guys seem to forget that I told them in my letter I would go by their decision, whatever it is. They’re the authority over us here.”

“Yeah, but what if their decisions are wrong? How can it be right to submit yourself to a bunch of leaders who are out of touch with reality?” The comment came from a short guy wearing glasses and looking startled that everyone had suddenly turned to look at him. “I mean, it only makes sense to go by their decision if it’s a good one.”

“That’s right,” another guy said. “We’re the ones who are in touch with our culture. They are all way out of touch.”

“They don’t know what’s really important,” a girl chimed in. “We should be able to make our own rules as students and not have to go by their outdated laws.”

“I think they should just let us all do what’s right for each of us as individuals and only worry about our grades. That’s why we go to school, isn’t it?”

“My aunt said when she came here, they made all the girls wear dresses.”

“Now that’s discrimination! They can’t do that anymore, can they?”

“I think they have to give students their rights now. And I say if we want the right to wear whatever we want or have our hair the way we want it, who are they to tell us what the rules are?”

“Yeah!” A common voice of agreement arose among the twenty or so students who had now gathered.

“You guys,” Sierra said, finally finding her voice, “this is so totally out of the book of Judges, I can’t believe it!” She had enough steam for herself and Randy, since he had chosen to respond passively. “Don’t you remember last year in Bible class? The last verse of the last chapter in Judges says, ‘Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

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